Bond yields trade steady with negative bias on Tuesday

20 Sep 2011 Evaluate

Bond yields were trading steady with negative bias as investors bought safe-haven government debt on euro zone troubles, with a fall in US yields and global oil also supporting the sentiment. Cut in the Italy’s credit rating mainly intensified the concerns that the Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis is worsening as S&P lowered Italy’s credit rating from ‘A+’ to ‘A’ on concern that weaker growth and a “fragile” government mean the country won’t be able to reduce the euro-region’s second-largest debt load. Meanwhile, comments from a central bank deputy governor, suggesting the rate rise cycle was near a peak also aided the sentiment. ‘India faces inflation of close to 10 per cent in the September-November period but price pressure should moderate from December, meaning the peak of an 18-month rate rise cycle is near’, Reserve Bank of India Subir Gokarn said on Monday.

On the global front, US Treasury debt prices rose on Monday as fears over the euro zone debt crisis fueled safe-haven buying and investors looked for the Federal Reserve to intervene in the bond market to lower long-term interest rates. Meanwhile, Oil tumbled in a second day of heavy losses on Monday, with Brent crude reaching its lowest price in almost a month as escalating fears over the euro zone debt crisis triggered across-the-board selling of riskier assets.

The yields on 10-year benchmark 7.80% - 2021 bonds were trading at 8.31%, lower from Monday's close of 8.32%.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swap was steady at 6.86% from Monday's close.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 364-day and 91-day Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of  Rs 3,000 crore and Rs 7000 crore respectively. The auction will be conducted on September 21, 2011 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.

Meanwhile, six state governments have announced the Auction of State Development Loans 2021 of Rs 4100.000 crore on September 20, 2011.

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